Learn about the vibrant Glendon community and support programs for student success. Découvrez la communauté soudée de Glendon et les services offerts pour maximiser votre succès.

1. YOUR First Year
Experience!
Austin Jafri – First Year Ambassador, 4th year French
Studies & Education @ Glendon
Yerro Gassama – Student Life Coordinator,
Kineseology Graduate (Keele)

2. WHAT DO YOU
IMAGINE YOUR FIRST
YEAR TO BE LIKE?
COMMENT IMAGINEZ-
VOUS VOTRE EXPÉRIENCE DE
1ÈRE ANNÉE ?

3. WHAT ARE YOU
WORRIED ABOUT?
Some stressors students
face...
• Stress
• Homesickness
• La gestion du temps
• Loneliness
• Se faire des amis
The list goes on...
HOW are we going to address
these issues? How can WE help
you?

4. TODAY’S PLAN
1. UNIVERSITY
PREPAREDNESS
2. TRANSITIONING INTO
FIRST YEAR
3. THRIVING IN YOUR
FIRST YEAR
WE ARE HERE AS A RESOURCE
TO SUPPORT YOU IN ALL 3
AREAS OF YOUR GLENDON
EXPERIENCE ! NOUS SOMMES
ICI POUR VOUS AIDER !

5. 1 : COEUR DE LION CHRONICLES
• Weekly videos from your E-Ambassadors with tips
and reminders of important action items you need
to do to prepare for your transition

6. 1: Customize & Craft your GL
Experience (Enrollment & Peer
Support Session)
 Meet First Year Ambassador
One-on-One
 Meet your Academic Advisors +
Choose courses
 Small group & Meet other
incoming students
 Group coaching
 Discussion on challenges, career
opportunities, personal growth
 Life at GL – how to build a
successful first year &
opportunities
 Get to know everyone one-on-
one before school even starts
 POSEZ VOS QUESTIONS !

7. 1. YU
START
Convenient Online Tool for
1st year transition
-- Click on each
module for
activities + info on
each topic to
prepare you for your
for first year
ANYTHING + EVERYTHING
you need to know all-in-
one spotSnippet of wall from
Enrollment Appointment --

8. • 4 day program with workshops &
activities to prepare
• Learn skills needed to succeed
• Be ahead of all your peers
• Make friends before classes begin
Top 10 Ways my Life Changed in
University
Strategies for Becoming a
Successful Learner
Feeling Stress and Thriving
Becoming a Better Language
Learner
Nurturing Powerful Networks and
Relationships
Connect to University Life –
Conversation with Glendon
Students
2: JUMPSTART

9. 2: GO DAY • Obligatoire
• Need-to-know info about
student life, services,
resources on campus
• Meet and Greet: Meet profs
in your program, Get to
know other new students,
your Student Union,
student organizations &
YOUR personal Peer Mentor
• Participate in activities, grab
a bite to eat, ask questions
• We look forward to seeing
you there!

10. 3: PEER
MENTORS
• Share personal experience + pass on tips for
success
• There to listen to you
• Myth that in Uni, you are all alone and it is
"every man for himself"…
 PM guides & helps you
 They are accountability buddies – keep
you on the right path while maintaining a
friendship
 Emails + meet ups on campus once a
month, every few weeks – whatever
works for your schedules
• Improved resiliency;
• strengthened peer relationships;
• Increased sense of belonging in GL community

11. 3: MAXIMING
YOUR
EXPERIENCE Les activités du Kiosque Lion's Den
Peer Mentor Meetups
Clubs Day
Leadership + Growth Opportunities
(Plusieurs ateliers pendant l'année scolaire)
GL Lead :
7 skills to effectively manage
complex conversations
Goal Setting
Career Development
LGBTQ workshops

12. QUESTIONS

13. ACTIVITY: #ONEWORDTREATSERIES
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. GRAB 1 TREAT FROM YERRO/AUSTIN FROM THE BOX! (BUT
DON'T EAT IT YET!)
2. TALK ABOUT THE WORD IN PAIRS/WITH THOSE AROUND YOU
HOW IS THIS RELEVANT? HOW DO YOU SEE YOURSELF USING
THIS?
3. WRITE YOUR THOUGHTS ON A STICKY
4. SHARE WITH THE REST OF THE GROUP
5. POST YOUR STICKYNOTE AS YOU EXIT ! & ENJOY YOUR TREAT!
THANK YOU :)